JEE Main Physics Syllabus 2019

JEE Main physics syllabus can be viewed and downloaded from this page. The syllabus provided here is the latest one that is prescribed by the exam conducting authority. Students are advised to go through the physics syllabus for JEE Main in order to develop a strong and effective preparation strategy. Additionally, JEE candidates can also read the syllabus to know key details like the course objectives, important chapters and topics, reference materials and more. Further, aspirants who get a complete overview of the syllabus will have more control over their learning.

In essence, candidates who are preparing for JEE 2020 need to go through the Physics syllabus to study productively and perform well in the exams. Physics is one of the important subjects of JEE. The questions in physics are quite tricky and are based both on theoretical concepts and application. It is important to understand the concept first, and practice questions based on each topic from both categories – theoretical and numerical. For effective preparation of JEE Physics, candidates should go through the detailed JEE syllabus given below so that candidates do not miss out the important topics.

Students can also check the detailed syllabus for chemistry and maths below:

Force and Inertia, Newton’s First Law of motion; Momentum, Newton’s Second Law of motion; Impulse; Newton’s Third Law of motion. Law of conservation of linear momentum and its applications, Equilibrium of concurrent forces.

Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic and potential energies, work-energy theorem, power. Potential energy of a spring, conservation of mechanical energy, conservative and non-conservative forces; Elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions.

Unit 5: Rotational Motion

Centre of mass of a two-particle system, Centre of mass of a rigid body; Basic concepts of rotational motion; moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum and its applications; moment of inertia, radius of gyration. Values of moments of inertia for simple geometrical objects, parallel and perpendicular axes theorems and their applications. Rigid body rotation, equations of rotational motion.

Unit 6: Gravitation

The universal law of gravitation. Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth, Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. Gravitational potential energy; gravitational potential. Escape velocity. Orbital velocity of a satellite. Geo-stationary satellites.

Thermal equilibrium, zeroth law of thermodynamics, concept of temperature. Heat, work and internal energy. First law of thermodynamics. Second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible processes. Carnot engine and its efficiency.

Unit 9: Kinetic Theory of Gases

Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on compressing a gas. Kinetic theory of gases-assumptions, the concept of pressure. Kinetic energy and temperature: RMS speed of gas molecules; Degrees of freedom, Law of equipartition of energy, applications to specific heat capacities of gases; Mean free path, Avogadro’s number.

Electric field: Electric field due to a point charge, Electric field lines, Electric dipole, Electric field due to a dipole, Torque on a dipole in a uniform electric field.

Electric flux, Gauss’s law and its applications to find field due to infinitely long uniformly charged straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and uniformly charged thin spherical shell. Electric potential and its calculation for a point charge, electric dipole and system of charges; Equipotential surfaces, Electrical potential energy of a system of two point charges in an electrostatic field.

Conductors and insulators, Dielectrics and electric polarization, capacitor, a combination of capacitors in series and in parallel, the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectric medium between the plates, Energy stored in a capacitor.

Electric Cell and its Internal resistance, potential difference and emf of a cell, a combination of cells in series and in parallel. Kirchhoffs laws and their applications. Wheatstone bridge, Metre bridge. Potentiometer – principle and its applications.

Unit 13: Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism

Biot – Savart law and its application to current carrying circular loop. Ampere’s law and its applications to infinitely long current carrying straight wire and solenoid. Force on a moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields. Cyclotron.

Force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field. The force between two parallel current-carrying conductors-definition of ampere, Torque experienced by a current loop in a uniform magnetic field; Moving coil galvanometer, its current sensitivity and conversion to ammeter and voltmeter.

Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment. Bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid, magnetic field lines; Earth’s magnetic field and magnetic elements. Para-, dia- and ferro- magnetic substances.

Reflection and refraction of light at plane and spherical surfaces, mirror formula, Total internal reflection and its applications, Deviation and Dispersion of light by a prism, Lens Formula, Magnification, Power of a Lens, Combination of thin lenses in contact, Microscope and Astronomical Telescope (reflecting and refracting) and their magnifying powers.

Wave optics: wavefront and Huygens’ principle, Laws of reflection and refraction using Huygen’s principle. Interference, Young’s double-slit experiment and expression for fringe width, coherent sources and sustained interference of light. Diffraction due to a single slit, width of central maximum. Resolving power of microscopes and astronomical telescopes, Polarisation, plane polarized light; Brewster’s law, uses of plane-polarized light and Polaroids.

Using the multimeter to: Identify base of a transistor, Distinguish between NPN and PNP type transistor, See the unidirectional flow of current in case of a diode and an LED. Check the correctness or otherwise of a given electronic component (diode, transistor or IC).

About JEE

The IIT JEE exam is one of the most prestigious exams for aspirants who want to pursue a career in the field of engineering. It is also one of the most difficult entrance exams to crack in India. The exam is mainly fragmented into two phases which are JEE Main and JEE Advanced. NTA (National Testing Agency) is the exam authority for JEE Main. The exam is held two times annually. The first phase of JEE Main is conducted in the month of January and the second phase is conducted in the month of April. There are two shifts for the exam and includes two papers – Paper I and Paper II. The mode of the exam is online except the drawing test is in offline (pen-paper based) mode.

Students who clear JEE Main with a good score are eligible to take admission in various engineering institutes like NITs, IIITs and CFTIs situated all over the country. Furthermore, candidates who qualify JEE Main with a high score and are in the top 2,45,000 will be eligible to appear for JEE Advanced 2020. The candidates who get a high score in JEE Advanced can get admission into one of the 23 IITs for various engineering courses.